Chase Allen might have made the city of Ames, Iowa a little bit safer.

The city of Ames, Iowa installed a crosswalk on South Fourth Street, just across from Jack Trice Stadium. The crosswalk is designed to protect pedestrians who cross the street at approximately the same spot a Pontiac Grand Prix struck Allen on the Iowa State University campus in 2016.

Allen tweeted a photo of the crosswalk on Friday with the words “Chase Allen Memorial Crosswalk” superimposed over the picture. He offered a shout-out to the city of Ames “for this long overdue beauty being opened up today.”

Add another line to Allen’s growing list of infamous deeds. He made more than 90 tackles in his senior season of football at Nixa High School. He became an internet meme as “the crying UNC fan.”

He turned his yard into a golf course for the sheer fun of it and made his father the head greenskeeper. He turned down football scholarships to Michigan, Nebraska and Florida State because a future career in engineering is more important to him. He got hit by a car and walked away. He fought off the mumps and viral meningitis in the same month.

On July 21, 2016, Allen was leaving the Cyclones' practice facility when he attempted to cross the four-lane street separating the training grounds and the main campus. He landed on the car’s windshield, which shattered upon impact. Allen said he had a large amount of broken glass in his back but managed to avoid hitting his head or suffering any bone injuries.

Allen took 103 stitches on his back after being cut by shattered windshield glass.

As a high school senior, Allen played tight end and middle linebacker for Richard Rehagen’s Eagles. He caught 33 passes for 654 yards and scored seven touchdowns. He also logged 92 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and three sacks, good enough for all-state status and to lead Nixa in tackling.

Allen’s father, Terry Allen, served as head coach for the football teams at Northern Iowa, Kansas and Missouri State in his career. Allen left Kansas in 2002 to become an associate head coach at Iowa State, where he coached the Cyclones’ special teams for four seasons. Terry Allen left Ames to coach Missouri State in 2006, and he coached the Bears until the end of the 2014 season.

Chase Allen had 19 football scholarship offers from NCAA Division I teams. He visited Minnesota, Nebraska and Michigan, but ultimately selected the Cyclones.